Input Output Group has named Serokell and AlwaysTrue as the latest organizations to take on Cardano engineering work. IOG says its core teams are taking final steps toward autonomy, with transitions running from November into early 2027.
Serokell will take over consensus engineering, and AlwaysTrue will handle developer experience. In its Nov. 5 announcement, IOG named the two transfers, saying engineers move with their existing work and individual transitions are scheduled between November and early 2027.
According to IOG, the teams are taking their "final steps into autonomy", as the company put it in a post promoting an X Space hosted by Matthew Capps.
Cardano assigns consensus and developer tools to specialist teams
Serokell worked with IOHK before Cardano's 2017 mainnet launch, helping build the first node and the initial implementation of the Ouroboros proof-of-stake protocol. The consensus team maintains the software that selects which chain nodes follow, along with the hard fork machinery used to move between network eras.
Robertino Martinez, who led the DevX initiative proposed by IOG and ratified by delegated representatives this year, continues that work at AlwaysTrue. The initiative covers documentation, libraries, tools, examples, and deployment support.
Consensus code will remain in IntersectMBO's public GitHub repositories. The developer tools AlwaysTrue maintains remain open source under the Apache 2.0 license.
Treasury funding follows votes and delivery milestones
IO Labs' funding explanation says Cardano development receives treasury support through proposals reviewed against the constitution and voted on by delegated representatives, known as DReps. Payments are released against verified milestones, and the same model applies to IOG, specialist partners, and other teams seeking treasury support.
The company says workstreams remain funded during the handovers. Funds pass through treasury reserve and project-specific smart contracts, and a five-entity oversight committee checks key administrative actions on-chain. The committee comprises Sundae Labs, the Cardano Foundation, Dquadrant, Xerberus, and NMKR.
IOG continues development as earlier transfers take effect
IO Labs describes its continuing role as protocol research and development, carrying work from foundational research into production while specialist partners handle defined engineering responsibilities.
The company's Sep. 17 Plutus announcement set Oct. 1 as the start of that team's move to Midgard Labs. Earlier transfers assigned Daedalus wallet maintenance to Se7en Labs and Mithril to Teragone. ICAN Group took on platform engineering, quality assurance, cryptography, performance, and tracing.
Sources: crypto.news, IOG
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